[DRAFT] International Foreign Aid Convention

[The Democratic Disney States]

Newly appointed Ambassador to the World Assembly Walt Disney steps up to the podium for the first time ever and speaks “My fellow members of the World Assembly, the Delegation of The Democratic Disney States along side the delegations of Lawid, Toastarian, and The Washington Federation hereby propose this resolution for consideration and shall be submitted after the magical reforms set to take place. We see the regulation of Foreign Aid as a massive safeguard against the potential worsening of emergency situations such as natural disasters and humanitarian crises. I truly hope all member states have a magical day!”

International Foreign Aid Convention
Proposed by: The Democratic Disney States

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The World Assembly,

Recognizing the importance of foreign aid during international crises.

Concerned that foreign aid may be mismanaged, diverted from its intended purposes or distributed ineffectively,

Hereby defines:

“Foreign Aid” as when donor nations provide recipient nations with helpful resources including but not limited to: food, water, shelter, weapons, medical care, financial assistance, support for rebuilding essential public systems, and restoring civilian life.

“Humanitarian Aid”, in contrast to the previously defined foreign aid, as when donor nations provide recipient nations with resources strictly confined to the improvement of quality of life, such as food, water, shelter, and medical care. Weapons and non-essential monetary aid are strictly forbidden from being classified as humanitarian aid. Monetary aid must be given for the explicit use of helping civilians for it to be classified as humanitarian aid.

“International Crises” as a sudden situation that causes a massive negative impact on a member state such as natural disasters, armed conflicts, famines, outbreaks of disease and other humanitarian emergencies.

Establishes the Foreign Aid Assistance Commission (FAAC) to:

• Encourage cooperation between member states who have the ability to provide and member states who need humanitarian aid received during time of international crises,
  
• Develop and Publish informative guidelines and recommendations for member states that concerns the effectiveness, distribution, and use of foreign aid,
• Create a discretionary registry made of foreign aid reports submitted by member states to be used for future research and development,
• Provide, upon request of a member state, consultative assistance concerning the administration, distribution, and effective use of foreign aid

Hereby enacts the following:

1. In the event of an international crisis, member states are encouraged to send Humanitarian Aid to rebuild cities and towns in another member state in order to promote growth and restore damaged infrastructure, essential public systems, and civilian well-being that have been impacted.
   
2. Member states are encouraged to submit voluntary reports concerning foreign aid received and its general use to the Foreign Aid Assistance Commission.
   
3. Member states are required to differentiate foreign aid from strictly humanitarian aid in documents submitted to the Foreign Aid Assistance Commission.

Co Authors: Toastarian, The Washington Federation, and Namojia

Regulating Foreign Aid
Proposed by: The Democratic Disney States

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The World Assembly,

Recognizing the importance of foreign aid during international crises.

Concerned that foreign aid is being utilized for different objectives, such as in-door expenses, and fueling corruption.

Hereby defines:

“Foreign Aid” as when a member state provides another member state with humanitarian resources including but not limited to: food, water, shelter, medical care, financial assistance, support for rebuilding essential public systems, and restoring civilian life.

“Emergency Situation” as a sudden situation that causes a massive negative impact on a member state such as natural disasters: hurricanes, tornadoes, and tsunamis. Along with humanitarian crises such as war, famine, and poverty.

Establishes the Foreign Aid Oversight Commission (FAOC) to:

• Monitor the overall disruption of foreign aid while being mandated to conduct investigations into suspected misuse of or misappropriation of foreign aid
• Make available findings, reports and recommendations to member states regarding such to ensure the overall distribution and management of foreign aid,
  
  Hereby enacts the following:
  
  
• In the event of an emergency situation, member states are encouraged to send Foreign Aid to rebuild cities and towns in another member state in order to promote growth and restore damaged infrastructure, essential public systems, and civilian well-being that have been impacted,
• All member states are encouraged to report any and all revenue received as a result of Foreign Aid to the Foreign Aid Review Commission,
• In the event, a member state misappropriates foreign aid intentionally or unintentionally, the Foreign Aid Review Commission may conduct an investigation into the actions of the member state.
  
  Co Authors: Lawid, Toastarian, and The Washington Federation

Regulating Foreign Aid
Proposed by: The Democratic Disney States

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Recognizing the importance of foreign aid during international crises.

Concerned that foreign aid is being utilized for different objectives, such as in-door expenses, and fueling corruption.

Hereby defines:

“Foreign Aid” as when a member state provides another member state with humanitarian resources including but not limited to: food, water, shelter, medical care, financial assistance, support for rebuilding essential public systems, and restoring civilian life.

“Emergency Situation” as a sudden situation that causes a massive negative impact on a member state such as natural disasters: hurricanes, tornadoes, and tsunamis. Along with humanitarian crises such as war, famine, and poverty.

“Illicit Substances” are different types of drugs such as: stimulants, narcotics, opioids, hallucinogens, and depressants that are illegal in a member state.

Establishes the Foreign Aid Review Commission to:
Monitor the the overall disruption of foreign aid while being mandated to conduct investigations into suspected misuse of or misappropriation of foreign aid,
Make available findings, reports and recommendations to member states regarding such to ensure the overall distribution and management of such.

Hereby enacts the following:

• All member states are strictly prohibited from supplying illicit substances to other member states as a form of foreign aid,
• All member states are strictly prohibited from supplying nuclear weapons and chemical weapons as a form of foreign aid,
• In the event of an emergency situation, member states are encouraged to send Foreign Aid to rebuild cities and towns in another member state in order to promote growth and restore damaged infrastructure, essential public systems, and civilian well-being that have been impacted,
• Member states are encouraged to report their spending and budget on Foreign Aid to the Foreign Aid Review Commission,
• In the event, a member state misappropriates foreign aid intentionally or unintentionally, the Foreign Aid Review Commission may conduct an investigation into the actions of the member state.
  
  Co Authors: Lawid, Toastarian, and The Washington Federation

Regulating Foreign Aid
Category: Regulation | Strength: Significant | Proposed by: The Democratic Disney States

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The World Assembly,

Recognizing the importance of foreign aid during international crises.

Concerned that foreign aid is being manipulated and utilized for different objectives, such as militarisation, in-door expenses, fueling corruption, or serving as geopolitical bribes.

Hereby defines:

“Foreign Aid” as when a member state lends another member state resources such as money, and goods.

“Emergency Situation” as a situation caused suddenly and leaving a massive negative impact on a member state such as natural disasters and or humanitarian crises caused by war, poverty, and homelessness.

Hereby enacts the following:

• All member states are strictly prohibited from supplying all kinds of weapons as foreign aid,
• All member states are strictly prohibited from supplying illicit substances such as illegal drugs, chemicals, and gases, along with nuclear weapons, among others,
• In the event of an emergency situation being catastrophic for a member state, member states are encouraged to send Foreign Aid that helps rebuild cities and towns,
• The spending of foreign aid shall be overlooked by the World Assembly,
• Governments of benefiting countries of foreign aid who are deemed of misusing said financial assistance shall lose their right to handle its distribution, which will be passed on to an independent organisation approved by the WA,
• In the case that a nation is targeted or assaulted unjustly by another nation, the enforcement of the first clause can be exempted if deemed necessary for the nation’s and its citizens' safety and the maintaining of their integral rights.

Co Authors: Lawid, Toastarian, and The Washington Federation

[Orcuo]

Why is the World Assembly always trying to regulate the flow of weapons? Against.

[Cessarea]

Hurm.

All member states are strictly prohibited from supplying all kinds of weapons as foreign aid,

Against on principle. The WA should not ban international arms trade on that scale. Giving weapons as a form of foreign aid is a perfectly legitimate thing.

All member states are strictly prohibited from supplying illicit substances such as illegal drugs, chemicals, and gases, along with nuclear weapons, among others,

Supplying to...? Among others...? "Illicit substance" encapsulates both narcotics and nuclear weapons? Non-specific.

In the event of an emergency situation being catastrophic for a member state, member states are encouraged to send Foreign Aid that helps rebuild cities and towns,

How much? Only cities and towns? What about infrastructure, or any other kinds of damages disasters can cause?

The spending of foreign aid shall be overlooked by the World Assembly,

"Overlooked"? This feels like the wrong word to use here. Either way, non-specific.

Governments of benefiting countries of foreign aid who are deemed of misusing said financial assistance shall lose their right to handle its distribution, which will be passed on to an independent organisation approved by the WA,

"Who are deemed". Who does the "deeming"? The Foreign Aid given to a member-state that misuses it is then passed on to a third-party? One that is not even necessarily a WA organ? This is not a good system.

In the case that a nation is targeted or assaulted unjustly by another nation, the enforcement of the first clause can be exempted if deemed necessary for the nation’s and its citizens' safety and the maintaining of their integral rights.

"If deemed necessary". Again, by whom?

Against.

[The Crusader Kings]

Hurm.

All member states are strictly prohibited from supplying all kinds of weapons as foreign aid,

Against on principle. The WA should not ban international arms trade on that scale. Giving weapons as a form of foreign aid is a perfectly legitimate thing.

All member states are strictly prohibited from supplying illicit substances such as illegal drugs, chemicals, and gases, along with nuclear weapons, among others,

Supplying to...? Among others...? "Illicit substance" encapsulates both narcotics and nuclear weapons? Non-specific.

In the event of an emergency situation being catastrophic for a member state, member states are encouraged to send Foreign Aid that helps rebuild cities and towns,

"Foreign Aid" is not defined.

The spending of foreign aid shall be overlooked by the World Assembly,

"Overlooked"? This feels like the wrong word to use here. Either way, non-specific.

Governments of benefiting countries of foreign aid who are deemed of misusing said financial assistance shall lose their right to handle its distribution, which will be passed on to an independent organisation approved by the WA,

"Who are deemed". Who does the "deeming"? The Foreign Aid (again, not defined) given to a member-state that misuses it is then passed on to a third-party? One that is not even necessarily a WA organ? This is not a good system.

In the case that a nation is targeted or assaulted unjustly by another nation, the enforcement of the first clause can be exempted if deemed necessary for the nation’s and its citizens' safety and the maintaining of their integral rights.

"If deemed necessary". Again, by whom?

Against.

OK thanks for saying like 99% of what I wanted to say.

Also, as a side note, this author has now posted a few proposals with the same co-authors in the span of a few days, just BTW.

[Liberza]

I do agree actually that banning all weapons supply from qualifying for foreign aid seems a bit extreme. I would probably oppose that one. I also agree with Cessarea’s points.

All member states are strictly prohibited from supplying illicit substances such as illegal drugs, chemicals, and gases, along with nuclear weapons, among others,

Maybe rewording ‘illicit substances’ as WMDs or CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear) weapons to make this a more coherent selection of weapons. Prohibiting the usage of weapons which cause intentional or unavoidable harm to civilian areas sounds like a good provision.

In the event of an emergency situation being catastrophic for a member state, member states are encouraged to send Foreign Aid that helps rebuild cities and towns,

I feel like this would fit more under your humanitarian aid proposal.

[Gagium]

The spending of foreign aid shall be overlooked by the World Assembly,

What does this mean? Why?

All member states are strictly prohibited from supplying illicit substances such as illegal drugs, chemicals, and gases, along with nuclear weapons, among others,

What? Member states are prohibited from supplying these substances to whom? Why is it the place of the World Assembly to regulate or prohibit nations from supplying "illicit" (define) chemicals and gasses to presumably other member states?

In the event of an emergency situation being catastrophic for a member state, member states are encouraged to send Foreign Aid that helps rebuild cities and towns,

Why and how are Member States expected to deliver Foreign Aid to any of the ~15,000+ or so member states that are out there in case of emergency situations? Otherwise echoing Cessarea's concerns on this clause.

Really, this one should have spent more time in the drafting room. A lot of things are going to need to be changed for this to be an adequate resolution that doesn't needlessly infringe on member states. Against.

[New Illyricum]

A bunch of stuff here needs some real reworking:

“Foreign Aid” as when a member state lends another member state resources such as money, and goods

I think this is strictly not an accurate definition of Foreign Aid. Especially not sure about the usage of "lend" here. Also non-specific.

All member states are strictly prohibited from supplying all kinds of weapons as foreign aid

Uhhh no. Please don't do that. 100% needs to be cut, this is not an arms regulation proposal.

All member states are strictly prohibited from supplying illicit substances such as illegal drugs, chemicals, and gases, along with nuclear weapons, among others

Phrasing needs reworking. Separately, this type of regulation very much infringes upon the sovereignty and the decision-making of WA member nations. This is an overreach of WA power.

In the event of an emergency situation being catastrophic for a member state, member states are encouraged to send Foreign Aid that helps rebuild cities and towns

No definition or determination of what is "catastrophic." ... Also why specifically cities and towns? Are they not allowed to help rebuild hamlets? Phrasing needs reworking.

Governments of benefiting countries of foreign aid who are deemed of misusing said financial assistance shall lose their right to handle its distribution, which will be passed on to an independent organisation approved by the WA

Who deems these governments to be "misusing" their financial assistance? Also from an IC technical perspective, is using an NGO for distribution really the most effective way to dispense this financial aid?

In the case that a nation is targeted or assaulted unjustly by another nation, the enforcement of the first clause can be exempted if deemed necessary for the nation’s and its citizens' safety and the maintaining of their integral rights.

Dangerously close to delving in Just War theory. This clause needs to be cut (as well as the first clause).

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Overall, this resolution needs substantial reworking before it would be suitable to go to vote. Several clauses need to either be entirely redrafted or cut. Therefore, against.

[Excidium Planetis]

Adelia reads over the draft. "Unfortunately, as the other ambassadors here h-have expressed, a probihition on weapons as foreign aid is unsupportable. The d-d-definition of foreign aid specifies the lending of g-g-goods, so this resolution as written would ban lend-lease agreements in wartime. Forcing nations to sell their weapons to an imperiled and embattled nation, is, uh, f-f-f-frankly immoral and goes against the socialist spirit of supporting our fellow workers in their struggle against Capitalist oppression.

"F-f-furthermore, the lack of defined illegal drugs makes it unclear what kinds of drugs are being prohibited from trade, and also g-goes outside the scope of a foreign aid resolution. I believe this proposal is unworkable in its current form."

[The Democratic Disney States]

Thank you all for your patience! I was busy with schoolwork and then I got sick . However though Draft 2 is officially out!

[Lucien Mounier]

You might want to Google "FARC" before you make it your acronym.

[The Democratic Disney States]

You might want to Google "FARC" before you make it your acronym.

Never knew it was that. Thank you for bringing this to our attention. I have removed all instances of the acronym.

[The Democratic Disney States]

Now that the Reset has occurred. I am going to do a bump on this!

[Astrobolt]

Reede Tappe, Chief of WA Mission for Astrobolt:

"We believe that your first and second mandates have no effect. You have defined 'foreign aid' as the sending of humanitarian resources. By definition, the sending of weapons and drugs are not a humanitarian resource, nations sending this to other states would therefore not fall under the definition of 'foreign aid' you have constructed. This means that every nation (trivially) satisfies the first two clauses as it is impossible to be in contravention of them."

[Aquelistan]

What scope does infrastructure aid covers?
Does dual-use infrastructure counts towards weapons aid?
Does fuel transfer counts towards weapons aid? Because it is used by motorized vehicles

I believe the weapons aid passage should be abolished in it's entirety, as it is out of scope of the proposal, no?

[Jiangbei]

Your definition:

“Foreign Aid” as when a member state provides another member state with humanitarian resources including but not limited to: food, water, shelter, medical care, financial assistance, support for rebuilding essential public systems, and restoring civilian life.

You then mandate:

All member states are strictly prohibited from supplying illicit substances to other member states as a form of foreign aid,
All member states are strictly prohibited from supplying nuclear weapons and chemical weapons as a form of foreign aid,

Most people would agree that nuclear weapons is not a form of "humanitarian resource". Can't a country circumvent this by saying that nukes aren't foreign aid, so they are not supplying them "as a form of foreign aid"?

(actually Astrobolt raised this earlier nvm)

In the event, a member state misappropriates foreign aid intentionally or unintentionally, the Foreign Aid Review Commission may conduct an investigation into the actions of the member state.

This sounds like it's referring to recipients, but the preceding clause only asks spenders to report their spending, which is unhelpful for this.

[The Democratic Disney States]

Thank you all for your patience. I was on a Leave of Absence for a while and came back not long ago. With that Draft 3 has been posted! Thank you all for your comments!

[Merethin]

You might want to Google "FARC" before you make it your acronym.

Never knew it was that. Thank you for bringing this to our attention. I have removed all instances of the acronym.

Seems like you've re-added it in your latest draft.

[The Democratic Disney States]

Never knew it was that. Thank you for bringing this to our attention. I have removed all instances of the acronym.

Seems like you've re-added it in your latest draft.

I didn’t. It must have remained there the entire time was overlooked possibly. Thank you for pointing out it has since been removed.

[Zetaopalatopia]

Is there a reporting requirement for a scenario where the aiding nation is the one to make profit? Or is it only the recipients misappropriation of provided aid that is reportable?

[The Democratic Disney States]

After discussion with my fellow co-authors, we are moving this to last call. Consider this also another bump. We appreciate any feedback! There is no set date at this time yet either on when to submit.

[Zetaopalatopia]

We would still like a clarification on who has the reporting duty. The receiving member state or the supplying member state. the proposal only specifies "member states" without differentiation on the side of the transaction the state is on

[The Democratic Disney States]

We would still like a clarification on who has the reporting duty. The receiving member state or the supplying member state. the proposal only specifies "member states" without differentiation on the side of the transaction the state is on

All member states are encouraged to report.

[Omnicontrol]

This is why we don't do that "foreign aid" stuff. Can't embezzle foreign aid funds if they're nonexistent!

On a more serious note, great resolution. Will be voting for (although maybe not adopting - my Corruption gold badge is already a bit shaky)

[The Democratic Disney States]

After discussions with my fellow co-authors and a full week (not sure maybe less or more) we have submitted this proposal! Apologies if this comes suddenly or not!

[Inevitable Poverty]

What exactly does this do? You encourage this, encourage that, but it doesn't actually mandate or require anything. Your operative clause physically does nothing, other than authorizing the FAOC to have the option to conduct investigations, which doesn't seem to mean anything substantial either. They investigate, and then what?

All this seems to accomplish is create a committee which monitors foreign aid and makes reports on it, and sometimes runs "investigations". This just seems like a formally worded letter to say "please don't be bad". Against as is.